Barack and Michelle Obama Marriage Profile Barack and Michelle Obama Marriage Profile The Obama Marriage Barack and Michelle Obama Marriage Profile Michelle and Barack Obama at the 36th NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles, California on March 19, 2005. Photo: Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images Updated February 06, 2016. What You Can Learn From the Marriage of Michelle and Barack Obama: Barack and Michelle understand the importance of putting a priority on their time together. Even with both of their busy schedules, Barack and Michelle make time for one another. In an ABC interview, Michelle said that "Barack didn't pledge riches, only a life that would be interesting. On that promise he's delivered." She also said as part of the division of labor in their house, Barack did the grocery shopping . Read more about their marriage in the spotlight. Fast Marriage Facts - Barack and Michelle: Met: 1989. 11/06/12: President Obama was re-elected in a "tight but decisive re-election victory." 09/06/12: Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination to continue to be President of the U.S.

01/20/09: Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States. 11/04/08: "Barack Obama, a first-term US senator from Illinois who campaigned on a message of hope and change, was elected the country's first African-American president tonight." Source: Michael Kranish, Scott Helman. continue reading below our video 5 Ways You Can Tell It is Love "Obama wins historic election." Boston.com. 11/04/08. Election Night PDA Born: Barack "Barry" Hussein Obama, Jr.: August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. His name Barack means "one who is blessed" in Swahili. He was raised in Hawaii and Indonesia. Barack Obama Ancestry Michelle LaVaughn Robinson: January 17, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois. How Barack and Michelle Met: In 1989, Michelle was working at a downtown law firm and assigned the role of advisor to a summer associate from Harvard, Barack Obama. He reportedly didn't have much interest in corporate law, but did have a lot of interest in Michelle.

She said "she fell in love with him for the same reason many other people respect him; his connection with people." Source: Journal Gazette/Times-Courier Online After refusing to go out with Barack for a month, Michelle agreed to spend the day with him. They went to the art institute, had lunch at an outdoor cafe, walked and talked, saw the movie Do the Right Thing, and had a drink on the 99th floor of the John Hancock building. In a CNN interview with Suzanne Malveau , Michelle said "We clicked right away ... by the end of that date it was over ... I was sold." Obama: "I think it's fair to say that had I not been a Stevie Wonder fan, Michelle might not have dated me. We might not have married. The fact that we agreed on Stevie was part of the essence of our courtship." Source: Mark Dagostino. "The Obamas' Secret to Love? Stevie Wonder." People.com. 2/26/09. Michelle: “One of the things that attracted me to Barack was his emotional honesty . Right off the bat he said what he felt. There are no games with him — he is who he appears to be.

I feel fortunate as a woman to have a husband who loves me and shows me in every way.” Source: "Barack and Michelle Obama's Love Story." Essence.com. Marriage Proposal: Sarah Pease: "Under the decoy of an evening to celebrate finishing his bar exam, Barack took Michelle out to a romantic candlelit dinner. He slipped the engagement ring to the Maitre'D at the start of the meal and when the waiter served the dessert course, Michelle was shocked to discover a beautiful diamond ring. Barack asked Michelle to marry him right then and there." Source: Sarah Pease. "Obama vs. Romney: The Marriage Proposal Debate." HuffingtonPost.com. 9/07/2012. Wedding Info: Michelle and Barack's wedding ceremony was performed on October 3, 1992 by Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois. Michelle's brother Craig walked her down the aisle. The reception was held at the South Shore Cultural Center. Stevie Wonder's song, "You and I" was Michelle and Obama's wedding song .

It was “one of the happier weddings that I had been to,” says MacArthur, “because people understood that putting the two of them together was like putting hydrogen and oxygen together to create this unbelievable life force. Everybody knew it. We understood that together they were going to be so much more than they would have been individually.” Barack and Michelle have two daughters. Malia Ann Obama: Born in 1998. Natasha Obama: Born in 2001. Residence: While their official residence is the White House , Barack and Michelle own a historic, $1.6 million Georgian revival home on Chicago's South Side with lots of play space for their girls. The home was purchased in 2005. While in the Senate, Barack tried to make it a priority to be home every weekend from Thursday to Sunday. Religion: In a letter written 5/30/08 by Barack and Michelle, the couple resigned their membership in the Trinity United Church of Christ. Barack had been a member of the Chicago church for twenty years. Trivia: Michelle Obama is on Pinterest . Occupations: Barack: President of the U.S.; elected in November 2004 as U.S.

Senator representing Illinois; community organizer ; civil rights lawyer; in 1997 elected as Illinois State Senator representing the 13th Senate District on Chicago's South Side; senior lecturer specializing in constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School. Barack has served on the boards of several civic and philanthropic organizations. Michelle: First Lady of the U.S, former Vice President for Community and External Affairs at the University of Chicago Hospitals. In May 2007, she announced she would quit her job: "It's a bit disconcerting," she said. "But it's not like I'll be bored." Source: MSNBC.com Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance The Audacity of Hope: Reclaiming the American Dream Michelle Obama - Biography - IMDb Michelle Obama Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trivia (17) | Personal Quotes (6) Overview (4) 5' 10¾" (1.8 m) Mini Bio (1) Michelle Obama was born on January 17, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Michelle LaVaughn Robinson.

She is an actress, known for Senator Obama Goes to Africa (2007), By the People: The Election of Barack Obama (2009) and The Anderson Monarchs (2012). She has been married to Barack Obama since October 3, 1992. They have two children. Spouse (1) ( 3 October 1992 - present) (2 children) Trivia (17) Graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in Sociology, and went on to earn a J.D. from Harvard Law School. The movie she saw on her first date with Barack Obama was Do the Right Thing (1989). Her brother is the head coach of the Oregon State basketball team. Has two daughters, Malia Obama (born in 1998) and Sasha Obama (born in 2001). Is narrowly beaten by Eleanor Roosevelt as the tallest United States First Lady. Michelle Obama is slightly shorter than 5'11", Roosevelt was slightly shorter than 6'. Is a fan of The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961).

Shared the cover of the April 2009 issue of Oprah Winfrey 's O magazine, becoming the first person other than Winfrey to appear on its cover. First U.S. First Lady of African-American ancestry. In-law relative of Konrad Ng . (White House - June 2010) When President Barack Obama hosted the "Gershwin Prize for Popular Song" event honoring former Beatle Paul McCartney , Paul sang his love song "Michelle" especially for the First Lady. Sister of basketball player, coach and author Craig Robinson . One of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. (2013). Counts Stevie Wonder as one of her all-time favorite artists. For her various State of the Union and public appearances the First Lady has been clothed by the likes of Ralph Lauren , Jason Wu , Michael Kors , Barbara Tfank , Rachel Roy , Isaac Mizrahi , Narciso Rodríguez , Zac Posen , etc. First Lady's mother, Marian Shields Robinson, lived part-time at the White House, becoming the first Presidential in-law to live in the executive mansion since Elvira "Minnie" Doud, Mamie Eisenhower 's mother.

Doud "wintered" in the White House from 1953 between 1960. Personal Quotes (6) Choose people who lift you up. Find people who will make you better... Of course I've made my husband better! [joking about her self-described 'mid-life crisis'] I couldn't get a sports car, they won't let me bungee-jump, so instead I cut my bangs. [2013: Opening remarks while presenting the Academy Award for Best Picture] These nine movies took us back in time and all around the world. They made us laugh, they made us weep, they made us grip our armrest a little tighter. They taught us that love can endure against all odds and transform our lives in the most surprising ways. And they reminded us that we can overcome any obstacle if we work hard enough, and dig deep enough, and find the courage in ourselves. These lessons apply to all of us, no matter who we are, or what we look like, or where we come from, or who we love, but they are especially important for our young people.

Every day, through engagement in the arts our children learn to open their imaginations, to dream just a little bigger, and to strive every day to reach those dreams. And I want to thank all of you tonight, for being here to fulfill that vitally important work. [a special Thanksgiving thought, 2013] Miiitary families don't complain. They're proud of their service and more than willing to make the sacrifices that come with it. And no matter how tough it gets, because they're so strong and resilient they somehow keep everything together. They succeed in their jobs, run their households and even find time to serve their communities. So I'm feeling tremendously thankful and I hope you'll join me in working to serve them as well as they've served our country. [observation as First Lady, 2016] Each morning I wake up in a house that was built by slaves. Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values: that your work hard for what you want in life; that your word is your bond and you do what you say you're going to do; that you treat people with dignity and respect.

See also Michelle Obama Biography :: National First Ladies' Library Chicago, Illinois 17 January, 1964 *Michelle Obama is the third First Lady born in Chicago, Illinois, after Betty Ford (1918) and Hillary Clinton (1947). Although Nancy Reagan identifies herself as a Chicagoan she was born in Flushing, Queens, New York and spent her childhood in Bethesda, Maryland. Nancy Reagan did spend her adolescent and teenage years in Chicago where she was adopted by her stepfather to whom her mother had remarried. Mary Lincoln also identified herself as a Chicagoan in the first years of her widowhood, having assumed residency in Chicago, first in rented quarters and then in purchasing a home there. She was born in Kentucky and spent her young adult years in Springfield, Illinois. Father: Fraser Robinson III, born 1 August 1935, Chicago, Illinois; City of Chicago Waterworks, pump worker and Democratic Party precinct captain (volunteer); died 6 March 1991 Mother: Marian Shields Robinson, born July 1937, Chicago, Illinois; married to Fraser Robinson, 1960 in Chicago; a stay-at-home mother while her children were young, Mrs.

Robinson later worked as secretary in the offices of Spiegel Catalogue until the 2008 presidential election *Marian Robinson is only the third First Lady’s mother to take up official residence in the White House, following Madge Wallace and Minnie Doud, the mothers of Bess Truman and Mamie Eisenhower, respectively. However, Juliana Gardiner and Emma Folsom, the mothers of Julia Tyler and Frances Cleveland, respectively, also made lengthy stays which might be considered residency. Ancestry: African. Although Michelle Obama’s genealogy has not yet been extensively researched, it is known that at least one of her paternal great-great-grandfathers, James Robinson had been enslaved in Georgetown, South Carolina. In one speech while President Obama was campaigning, he indicated that there is also descent in his wife’s family from a European-American ancestor.

Birth Order and Siblings: second child, one brother; Craig Robinson, born April 1962, currently head basketball coach of the Oregon State Beavers Physical Appearance: Brown hair, brown eyes, 5 feet, 11 inches tall *Michelle Obama stands at the same height as Eleanor Roosevelt, making them both equally the tallest First Ladies Education: Bryn Mawr Elementary School (renamed Bouchet Academy), Chicago, Illinois, 1970-1977. Michelle Robinson was such an excellent student that she was able to skip the second grade. In 1975, while enrolled in the sixth grade, she was chosen for a “gifted student” program which permitted her the chance to take advanced biology and French classes at Kennedy-King Community College. Whitney Young Magnet High School, Chicago, Illinois, 1977-1981. Based on her academic excellence, Michelle Robinson was given the chance to attend the first “magnet” high school in Chicago, which afforded students a greater depth and breadth of study with a focus on college preparedness.

As a student here, Michelle Robinson was enrolled in advanced-placement classes, was invited and joined the National Honor Society, and served as Student Council Treasurer. Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1981-1985, bachelor’s degree in Sociology, with a minor degree in African-American Studies. She worked with both the Third World Center and belonged to the Organization of Black Unity, an African-American student group. She graduated cum laude. Harvard Law School, Juris doctor degree, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1985-1988. While in attendance, Michelle Robinson joined the Black Law Students Association, which often brought speaks to campus, addressing legal issues and career guidance. Occupation before Marriage: As a young girl, Michelle Robinson has household chores for which she was responsible and shared with her brother. Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Understanding (formerly, Third World Center), Princeton, New Jersey, 1981-1985. While at Princeton University, Michelle Robinson enrolled in a work-study program, helping to earn part of her tuition. She worked at the center, creating an after-school reading program for the children of the manual workers of the university.

Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1985-1988. While in law school, Michelle Robinson worked to help local residents unable to afford legal advice and representation, on issues ranging from divorce, custody and tenant rights. Associate Attorney, Sidley & Austin, 1988-1991. Upon graduating from Harvard Law School, Michelle Robinson accepted a job as an associate attorney in the Chicago offices of the law firm Sidley & Austin, where she specialized in intellectual property rights and marketing, representing clients that included AT&T and Union Carbide. Assistant to the Mayor, City of Chicago, 1991-1992. Although her work as an attorney enabled Michelle Obama to meet the substantial monetary debt resulting from her college and law school educations, the death of both her father and a friend provoked a focus on her priorities and values, leading her to determine to build a career in community service. She took a position in this line of professional work as an assistant in the office of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, where she was employed for a year before moving to another position within the city government.

Drawing on her business experience from the law firm, she was charged with serving as a liaison between the city and fledgling businesses, seeking to help encourage Chicago economic development. Marriage: 28 years old, married 3 October, 1992 to Barack Obama, 31 years old, (born 4 August, 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii, lawyer and community organizer) at Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago, Illinois. Michelle Robinson first met Barack Obama when he came to work as a summer associate in June of 1989 at Sidley & Austin, where she was already working as an attorney. When he returned to Cambridge, Massachusetts to complete Harvard Law School (graduated 1990), they continue to correspond and date. They became engaged in 1991. Their first home was an apartment in the Hyde Park section of Chicago. Barack Obama taught at the University of Chicago law school and worked at a small civil rights law firm. Children: Two daughters; Malia Ann (born 4 July, 1998) and Natasha “Sasha (born 7 June, 2001).

Both girls are students at Sidwell Friends in Washington, D.C. *Michelle Obama is the first First Lady to have given birth in the 21st century Occupation after Marriage: Assistant Commissioner of Planning and Development, in the office of the Mayor of Chicago, (1992-1993). Michelle Obama was working in this position at the time of her marriage. Executive Director of Public Allies Chicago, (1993-1996) Michelle Obama was the founding director of the Chicago branch of this organization, which seeks to identify potential community leaders among young people from all backgrounds, levels of education and professional experiences and then to train them to assume leadership of both established and fledgling organizations which serve various constituencies in their communities or region. As the founder of the Chicago branch of the organization, which soon became part of the Clinton Administration’s AmeriCorps, Michelle Obama was a highly successful fundraiser and executive, helping launch Public Allies successfully. Associate Dean of Student Services at the University of Chicago, (1996-2002), Michelle Obama worked during her pregnancy and after the birth of her two daughters. From her job at Public Allies she went into the employ of the University of Chicago.

In her first job there, she increased rates of voluntarism between the student body and the local neighborhood bordering the university. Executive Director for community affairs at the University of Chicago Hospitals (2002-2005) and Executive Vice President for community and external affairs (2005-2008) In 2002, Mrs. Obama continued to work for the University of Chicago, first as the executive director at its network of medical facilities and then, for the subsequent three years, in its office that sought to engage the university community with the residential ones adjoining it. In these two latter roles... Initially leery of her husband’s ambition to enter politics because of its instability, she campaigned for him during his failed 2000 race for U.S. Congress and his successful one for the U.S. Senate in 2004. Michelle Obama continued to work full-time and raise her daughters in Chicago while her husband worked as a Senator in Washington and returned home on weekends and recesses. Michelle Obama served on several boards, including TreeHouse Foods, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Presidential Campaign and Inauguration: Through the latter months of 2007 leading up to the state primaries and caucuses of the 2008 presidential campaign, Michelle Obama continued to work, reducing her hours at the University of Chicago Medical Center while increasing the days she spent speaking to groups throughout the country. She initially limited her absences from home to day trips and then eventually to trips involving one-overnight away from home per week, in order to maintain her responsibilities as mother to her two young daughters. In October 2007, she participated in the first forum ever held which gathered nearly all the spouses of both Democratic and Republican candidates running for the presidency, at the Women’s Conference in Long Beach, California, hosted by California’s First Lady Maria Shriver. As the primaries ensued during the winter and spring of 2008, Michelle Obama took an increasingly active role, speaking to voters in different states about her husband but also drawing experiences from her own life that spoke directly to the goals of her husband’s potential presidency, finding a personal link to her audiences.

Spontaneous remarks she made at Wisconsin campaign event in February 2008, about being proud of her country “for the first time” were interpreted negatively by some Republican media commentators and Cindy McCain, wife of the Republican candidate. Five months later, however, incumbent First Lady Laura Bush defended Mrs. Obama, stating, “I think she probably meant I'm 'more proud,' you know, is what she really meant. I mean, I know that, and that's one of the things you learn and that's one of the really difficult parts both of running for president and for being the spouse of the president, and that is, everything you say is looked at and in many cases misconstrued.” The incident had no significant affect on the election. Michelle Obama also delivered a stirring speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, which won overwhelming praise from the media and public, as reflected in polls. Although she offered her opinion at times on the campaign strategy, she emphasized that she was not a policy advisor. When Barack Obama was elected president in November of 2008, he thanked his wife for her sacrifices to his career and his reliance on her support.

Through the campaign, he frequently referred to her as “the rock” which grounded him and their family. Tremendous media attention and public interest increased on Michelle Obama’s clothing as the weeks from Election Day approached Inauguration Day, with sometimes hyperbolic predictions of how she would seek to set a new national style. More importantly would be the symbolism of her statements about making clothing purchases from popular stores of items at reasonable prices; this conveyed the new First Lady’s sense of conscientiousness about, and empathy for the increasing number of American citizens who found their home ownership threatened with bank foreclosures, loss of job or job security, decreased or lost health care and retirement benefits, and plummeting retirement savings. During the swearing-in ceremony of her husband, Michelle Obama held the historic and fragile Bible which had been used by President Abraham Lincoln for his presidential oath.

Most significant of all the events, in terms of Michelle Obama’s intentions, was her foregoing a traditional women’s event at which an incoming First Lady was traditionally honored the day before the Inauguration; instead, she and the president-elect hosted “a day of service,” encouraging the millions of visitors to Washington for the Inaugural, as well as around the nation, to commit to volunteer service in their community. Forecasting her own agenda as First Lady to create a national voluntary service program, she emphasized in her videotaped message about the day that it was her hope such commitments would continue past January 19th and be ongoing. 2009, January 20 - current incumbency 45 years old In her first weeks as First Lady, Michelle Obama has affirmed that her personal priority is the care of her two daughters. Although both are enrolled in school locally and live full-time at the White House with their parents, they are in a new city with new friends, and suddenly living a life where the most routine aspects of childhood are scrutinized by the press and public. The first manifestation of this public interest was a toy company which created dolls named after her daughters. After the First Lady expressed her dismay, the company decided to discontinue the line.

In terms of the areas of public issues she intends to focus her attention, Michelle Obama has identified three: helping working mothers find balance between family and employment commitments, providing necessary support for American military families, and encouraging voluntarism in community service. In her first weeks, the First Lady also made good on her promise to fully learn and integrate herself into her new community of Washington, D.C. She began with a working lunch with the city’s mayor and his wife, visits to schools and drop-bys and speeches at the Department of Education and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Coming to the Cabinet Department headquarters were the first of her intended visits to all of the other executive branch divisions. She is making these trips to introduce herself as a personal representative of the new Administration and provide a sense of connection to the thousands of civil service federal employees, emphasizing that they work in concert for the common goals. This is an unprecedented effort by a First Lady. Not since the 1940’s when Eleanor Roosevelt hosted several large receptions for women federal workers has a First Lady reached out in such a manner. In her remarks at HHS, Mrs.

Obama emphasized that she was there to listen and interact; this recalls the “eyes and ears” role played by Eleanor Roosevelt, Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, and Rosalynn Carter as they made frequent trips throughout the country meeting and speaking with citizens, hearing their concerns and problems directly and reporting their reactions from such fact-finding missions back to the President. Updated February 5, 2009 The Radical Racist Background of Michelle Obama Download Michelle Obama four of Michelle Obama's thesis papers from Princeton University here. Princeton, 1984 Charles C. Johnson wrote on October 30, 2012, "Michelle Obama attends and promotes a 'Black Solidarity' event for guest lecturer Manning Marable, who was, according to Cornel West, probably ' the best known black Marxist in the country .' The event is the work of the Third World Center (TWC), a campus group whose board membership is exclusively reserved for minorities." A classmate of Michelle’s identified her to TheBlaze as the second person on the left. Article/photograph taken from The Daily Princetonian – Vol. CVIII, No. 107 November 6, 1984 Daily Princetonian article showing Michelle as a board member.

With this documented article, we see that Michelle Obama, much like her husband is closely associated with the teachings of Marxism and had attended meetings with Marxist-type people. We must now wonder, why did the people elect a man with a wife that has such a marked background, mixed with Marxism and communism by association with such types of people? Michelle Robinson's racial animosity of Caucasian people is exposed through her articles and statements from the time she was at Princeton. One can see this in her ideas that the white population at Princeton were a bunch of "racist" individuals. Johnson quotes an article Michelle Robinson (Obama) wrote while at Princeton University, following an introduction to the quotation. If ever there was an example of the TWC governing board's obsession with race, an editorial from October 21, 1981 is it. The members took great offense to an op-ed titled "Rebuilding Race Relations," calling the article "racist, offensive, and inaccurate" for daring to question the group's true commitment and to present a thesis on race relations counter to its own. "The word RE-building implies that race relations once existed and, for some mysterious reasons, fell apart … ," the board wrote in a scathing letter to the editor.

"We, on the other hand, believe that race relations have ​never​ been and still are not at a satisfactory level. We are not RE-building. We cannot RE-build something that never existed in the first place." An early copy of the TWC’s constitution. (The Princeton Archives) Another copy of the constitution and the preamble. (The Princeton Archives) "Don't hide behind excuses such as a lack of effort [to integrate with the Princeton campus] on our part," the revealing letter added. "The bottom line is that white students on this campus are racist, but they may not realize it." [Emphasis added] Princeton itself, however, was concerned about the self-segregation by black students and proposed reforms to counter it, including no longer permitting black students to all room together in one dorm and integrating black freshmen into the general student body. The TWC strenuously opposed all of these reforms, arguing that integration of nonwhite students would harm the "support system" available to them, especially blacks.

(Julie Newton, " TWC criticizes CURL plan: Minority strife would worsen ," The Daily Princetonian, October 21, 1981)." The TWC is an organization of whose membership was exclusively reserved to Minorities only and the initials represent the words, "Third World Center". Here we have to note that Michelle Robinson was an activist that had the intention to change the very ideology of the Princeton school she got into through the use of her brother! Here, she makes the statement, "The bottom line is that white students on this campus are racist, but they may not realize it" [Emphasis added]. This clearly shows an animosity towards white people while she was attending Princeton, and it also shows just what she thought of the college that allowed her to enter based upon her brother's position and not her grades. Michelle Robinson was actually biting the hand that fed her! Princeton took a look at the problems and came up with a plan that would integrate the different people and bring them into a more associative bonding. However, this was not strong enough for Michelle Robinson or the TWC since that would solve the problem that they shine a spotlight on, but it was not what they wanted and they countered that idea as shown below.

"Princeton itself, however, was concerned about the self-segregation by black students and proposed reforms to counter it, including no longer permitting black students to all room together in one dorm and integrating black freshmen into the general student body. The TWC strenuously opposed all of these reforms, arguing that integration of nonwhite students would harm the "support system" available to them, especially blacks. (Julie Newton, " TWC criticizes CURL plan: Minority strife would worsen ," The Daily Princetonian, October 21, 1981)." Michelle Robinson was part of the group, but not a full board member at that time, but when she did become a board member she found yet another racially-charged way to make a statement. Michelle Obama was an individual that found fault with anything that dealt with ethnicity.

Johnson documents her actions and statements in 1983 as follows: "While Michelle was not a part of the board in 1981, as a board member of the Third World Center starting on April 7, 1983 she joined in a different racially-charged statement reproaching the college for not doing enough to hire "Latino administrators." In a letter a few weeks later, the TWC attacked Princeton's administration for not replacing Hector Delgado, a minority dean of students. "This search needs to produce another experienced individual who is of minority background, preferably Latino, and who will be responsive to the concerns of Third World Center as well as the student body at large," the TWC's governing board wrote. Others on campus took notice of the group's calls and expressed concern. For example, Fred Foote — the editor of Prospect magazine, a conservative monthly publication — criticized the TWC and Delgado for their obsessive focus on race.

"[Delgado's] penchant for drawing campus issues along racial lines—a penchant shared by the TWC and The Daily Princetonian—is the chief cause of racial strife on campus," he wrote ." Now this seems to show without a doubt that others on campus were looking at this action by the TWC of which Michelle Robinson,(Obama), was a part of. It seems to show that had she and the others just allowed actions to drift by, the so-called problems would have been much less in the front of the students than their curriculum was. Now one has to wonder why take such actions if the college was getting along just fine before? Michelle Robinson (Obama) did more than make meetings and express her seemingly hate for whites, she went on with the TWC and made demands for minority only meetings. She would have been up in arms to stop such meetings if they were to the exclusion of minorities. Yet it was fine, and even better, when she stood alongside a segregation policy that banned whites from any meetings held by the TWC! This is well noted in statements below. "In November 1984, TWC's board demanded that nonwhite students should have the right to bar whites from their meetings on campus.

They also demanded minorities-only meetings with the deans. (John Hurley, " Black students, university debate closed meeting policy ," The Daily Princetonian, November 29, 1984). The ban was frankly unnecessary, since whites were made to feel unwelcome at the meetings if they were invited at all, but the TWC continued to press for it , arguing, too, that blacks ought to be able to bar whites from attending events aimed at discussion of "sensitive" racial issues. "The administration, by denying us these [blacks-only] meetings, is saying that we don't have specific needs that have to be addressed this way," David Jackson , '87, a fellow TWC member, told the Daily Princetonian after the university officials finally rejected its proposal to hold racially limited meetings. But despite the radical and racialist character of the TWC, Michelle Robinson was an active participant and may have been attracted by that very radicalism. "The Third World Center was our life," Angela Acree, her best friend at Princeton, told The Boston Globe in June 2008 .

"We hung out there, we partied there, we studied there [in Liberation Hall]." "Not a day went by that I did not see Michelle at the Center," Czerni Brasuelle, TWC's director at the time, told the Daily Princetonian in its November 5, 2008 issue ." This would seem to indicate that Michelle Robinson (Obama) did not like the idea of all ethnicities working together, and would rather have them separate from each other. However, this is not what our nation had been working towards. It had been working towards having ethnic groups working together and not apart. This was so we all could be together as one nation, as Americans. Michelle Robinson in 1983-84 did not like that idea and helped call for separate and different meetings just for minorities. No whites could be there at all. Yet it was Michelle Robinson (Obama) that had stated that race relations at Princeton were deficient. However, it seems that she was part of the problem. She sat on the board of TWC to force Princeton to have separate meetings for minorities without any whites allowed! This does not bring ethnicities together nor does it resolve problems.

It would make them worse due to the distancing of the minorities from the white population and causing the white population to wonder what the monitories are planning. However, this was just the beginning for Michelle Robinson. This is the first of a 2 part article on Michelle Robinson Obama. The next article will show her use of Saul Alinsky's works, a man she admired along with her husband Barack Obama. Don't forget to Like Freedom Outpost on Facebook , Google Plus , & Twitter . You can also get Freedom Outpost delivered to your Amazon Kindle device here . Previous post Militarized Police: Overkill is Becoming the Norm as Officers Shoot First and Ask Questions Later About the Author Leon Puissegur Leon Puissegur is a Disabled Vietnam Veteran with 3 children and 9 grandchildren. He has been married to the same wonderful lady for 43 years. He is an award winning author and has been writing opinion pieces over the years and in just the last few years has written 4 books and a large amount of articles on many sites. You can purchase his books at Amazon . Pick up his latest The Oil Man.

Trending on Freedom Outpost Children: Malia, Natasha First Lady: 2009– Michelle LaVaughn Robinson was born on January 17, 1964, in Chicago, Illinois, to Fraser Robinson III, Marian. Michelle grew up in Chicago's South Shore community area. She attended Whitney Young High School Obama graduated in 1981 as the salutatorian of her class. Michelle graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in 1985 from Princeton University She earned her Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Harvard Law School in 1988 She met Barack Obama she was assigned to mentor him as a summer associate at the law firm of Sidley Austin. They married in October 1992 and have two daughters, Malia Ann (born 1998) and Natasha (known as Sasha, born 2001. In 1996, she served as the Associate Dean of Student Services at the University of Chicago, where she developed the University's Community Service Center.

In 2002, she began working for the University of Chicago Hospitals, first as executive director for community affairs and, beginning May 2005, as Vice President for Community and External Affairs. She was an active supporter of her husbands presidential campaign, however she committed not to be away from her children overnight more then once a week. As First Lady Michelle Obama has worked both to support the agenda of her husband as well as to promote her own causes. First and foremost among her causes has been the fight against childhood obesity. She has worked both to increase public awareness of the problem and to improve school lunch programs so that they are healthier and less fattening. Who is Michelle Obama? | Reference.com Who is Michelle Obama? A: Quick Answer As of 2014, Michelle Obama is best known as the First Lady of the United States of America. She is a lawyer by trade and has worked in public service in a number of different roles. Full Answer Michelle Obama's maiden name is Michelle LaVaughn Robinson, and she was born in Chicago in 1964. She attended Princeton University, majoring in sociology, and went on to earn a law degree at Harvard.

She met eventual husband, Barack Obama, while working at the law firm Sidley Austin. They were married in October of 1992. She went on to work in Chicago city government as an Assistant to the Mayor and as Assistant Commissioner of Planning and Development. She also worked as the Associate Dean of Student Services for the University of Chicago and as Vice President of Community and External Affairs for the University of Chicago Hospitals. She served as a member of the board of directors of Walmart supplier TreeHouse Foods, but stepped down from the position after her husband criticized Walmart during a 2007 speech. Obama became First Lady after her husband's election as president of the United States in 2008. Their respective current positions last only until 2016, due to term limits. Michelle Obama facts You are here: Home » M » Michelle Obama Michelle Obama Facts Wife of US President Barack Obama Michelle Obama was born January 17, 1964 and was named Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama. She is the first African-American First Lady of the United States . Obama attended Princeton University and Harvard Law School before returning to Chicago and to work at the law firm Sidley Austin.

She attended Whitney Young High School, Chicago 's first magnet high school, where she was a classmate of Jesse Jackson's daughter Santita. As a young girl, she practiced playing the piano so much that she had to be told to stop. She and her brother both skipped second grade. Her father died of complications from multiple sclerosis when she was in her 20s. On her first trip abroad in April 2009, she toured a cancer ward with Sarah Brown, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. She has been compared to Jacqueline Kennedy due to her sense of style, and also to Barbara Bush for her discipline and decorum. She appeared on the cover and in a photo spread in the March 2009 issue of Vogue . In July 2008, Obama accepted the invitation to become an honorary member of the 100-year-old black sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha, which had no active undergraduate chapter at Princeton when she attended. Michelle Obama's father died of complications from multiple sclerosis when she was in her 20s. Michelle majored in sociology and has a law degree from Harvard.

Her university dissertation was entitled, "Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community." Michelle was assigned Barack Obama's mentor for her summer job in Chicago. Michelle and Barack Obama met at their law firm Sidley Austin where she was assigned to mentor him as a summer associate. Barack and Michelle saw the movie "Do The Right Thing" on their first date. Barack Obama proposed to Michelle in a restaurant in Chicago and the ring arrived on a tray with the dessert. They married in October 1992, and have two daughters, Malia Ann (born 1998) and Natasha (known as Sasha, born 2001). She made several campaign appearances during 2007 & 2008 to support her husband's presidency. During February 08, she appeared in 33 events in 8 days. She made many appearances with Oprah Winfrey . She wrote her own stump speeches for her husband's presidential campaign and generally spoke without notes. Her first dance with husband Barack Obama at their wedding was to Nat King Cole's "Unforgettable". Michelle Obama's great great grandfather, Jim Robinson, was a slave in South Carolina before the Civil War.

Michelle Obama shares the record for the tallest first lady with Eleanor Roosevelt at 5 ft 11 inches. Her secret service codename is "Renaissance". Hillary Clinton , Laura Bush, and Michelle are the only First Ladies to receive master's degrees. Within family circles, she is called by her nickname "Miche" (pronounced "Meesh"). Her husband calls her "My Rock". michelle and barack obama arranged marriage Michelle and Barack Obama Marriage Posted On: Jun 24, 2014 Barack Hussein Obama and Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Osama’s marriage was held on October 1992, long before they became the first African –American president and first African-American First lady of United States. Michelle was born on January 16, 1964 and grew up in Euclid Street in Chicago’s South Shore Community Area .She was the member of National Honor Society and Treasurer of student’s council and later opened the gates to Princeton University where she majored in sociology and minored in African –American studies. She earned her Juris Doctor (J.D) degree from Harvard.

Born on August 4 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii, an ambitious Barack majored in Political Science from Colombia University. Obama entered Harvard Law School in late 1988 where he was selected as the editor and president of the Harvard law review. He later graduated with a J.D (magna cum laude) from Harvard in 1991 .During summer he returned to Chicago and then joined the same law firm where Michelle was working. Both Barack and Michelle first met at their law firm, Sidley Austin in Chicago where Michelle was assigned to mentor Barack as a summer associate. Barack had high aspirations to mark his presence and make a difference in the world and so did Michelle. Months after, they started dating and although Michelle refused many dates, Barack never surrendered. On their first date Barack showed Michelle all the facets of his character which according to her knowledge were “hip, cultural, sensitive and patient”, reported some sources. He took her to lunch by a fountain, then for a walk and later to a Spike lee movie- Do the Right Thing.

They certainly seemed to do it it right when they supported each other in all ebbs and flows including Michelle’s Father’s death, and finally after dating for three years, decided to get married on October 3 1992.The ceremony was performed by Rev.Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois. As a lifelong fashion lover, Michelle looked absolutely stunning in her wedding day wearing an off-the-shoulder duchess satin gown with a sweetheart neckline on the day of her marriage. She accessorized her dress which featured floral appliqués with a princess length veil and opera gloves. Michelle’s brother Craig walked her down the aisle. The reception was held at the South Shore Cultural Center. Both of them danced at the tunes of Stevie Wonder's song, "You and I”. They both shared the same liking over Stevie Wonder and Barack also stated that Stevie was a part of the essence of their relationship. The couple looked imposing in their wedding day.

Although the highs and lows caused by the presidency the couple have managed to keep their love growing and as a result have two beautiful daughters , Malia Ann (born 1998) and Natasha (known as Sasha ,born 2001). There have been recent rumors about the couple having a crack on their bonding but rumors apart, even after more than two decades of their marriage they still make time for each other and the family as a whole. Their strong relationship is intended to go to its final mile and seems so as they celebrated their 21st anniversary on October 3, 2013. This dynamic couple has certainly succeeded to show the world that unbreakable, blissful and felicitous is what 21 years of love looks like.

Question: Who did Michelle LaVaughn Robinson marry in October 1992?
Answer: Barack Obama